The Band Perry Starts the Year with Gold and Platinum Certifications

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A few months before the release of their new album, trio The Band Perry already has a reason to celebrate. The album’s first single, ‘Better Dig Two,’ has been certified gold by the RIAA for selling over 700,000 copies. The song sits currently at #6 on the Mediabase chart, and is their fastest climbing single Read More

Zac Brown Band Not Yet Saying Goodbye to Mediabase #1

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Zac Brown Band‘s ‘Goodbye in Her Eyes’ sees off Randy Houser‘s ‘How Country Feels’ for one more week and remains at #1 on the Mediabase Country Singles Chart. Gary Allan moves into the Top 3 with ‘Every Storm,’ and Brad Paisley‘s ‘Southern Comfort Zone’ hits the Top 5. New to the chart this week as Read More

Tim McGraw Talks to Billboard about Split with Curb and New Album, Two Lanes of Freedom

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Tim McGraw will release his new album, Two Lanes of Freedom, on February 5, 2013. It will be his first release on Big Machine Records and the singer has made no secret of the fact that the last few years have been more like tow lanes of frustration. A still-running legal battle with Curb Records Read More

Single Review: ‘All Over the Road’ – Easton Corbin

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Songwriters: Carson Chamberlain, Ashley Gorley, Wade Kirby Easton Corbin‘s new single is the title track of his most recent album, ‘All Over the Road.’ It is aiming to repeat the Top 10 success of ‘Lovin’ You Is Fun.’ ‘All over the Road’ we hear an erratic driver’s apology to, presumably, a traffic cop. ‘I know Read More

Taylor Swift Holds Top-selling Country Album and Digital Country Song of 2012

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Well, OK, so that headline will not actually surprise anyone, I’m sure. For 2012, Taylor Swift tops both the top-selling albums and digital songs lists. She had no competition. Swift’s Red outsold the #2 album, Carrie Underwood‘s Blown Away, by just under 2 million copies. The next-best-selling song, Hunter Hayes‘ ‘Wanted,’ fell 885k units short Read More

Live Review: Brian Nutter on stageit.com – January 10, 2013

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Guitarist, vocalist, and basically all-around cool dude, Brian Nutter, invited his fans into his guitar loft again for another performance streamed live via stageit.com. He rocked the internet during a half hour set accompanied by his boys Phil Wilson (drums), Sean Harrison (bass), and Simon (cat). Kicking off with new rocker ‘I’d Do it for Read More

Single Review: ‘Hey Pretty Girl’ – Kip Moore

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Songwriters: Kip Moore, Dan Couch To follow up the #1 success of his previous two singles, ‘Somethin’ ’bout a Truck’ and ‘Beer Money,’ Kip Moore is changing gears. ‘Hey Pretty Girl’ is a sweet, quiet, and beautiful love song. On first listen, this sounds like the telling of a couple’s love story, phase by phase. Read More

Attend a Cooking Class with Christian Kane

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There seem to be very few creative outlets which country singer-songwriter Christian Kane does not know how to master. While I knew his guitar player (and incidentally also ridiculously talented songwriter), Steve Carlson is a trained chef, turns out Kane himself is a culinary connoisseur himself. For the webseries Taste of Music, he shared his Read More

Single Review: ‘Could it Be’ – Charlie Worsham

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Songwriters: Charlie Worsham, Marty Dodson, Ryan Tyndell He may be new to country radio but Charlie Worsham has already achieved more than many do in their career. He first played at the Ryman Auditorium aged 10, and made his Grand Ole Opry debut when he was 12. After years of building a reputation as a Read More

Jon Wolfe Releases It All Happened In A Honky Tonk: Deluxe Edition, January 15, 2013

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Texas troubadour Jon Wolfe has announced the release of the new deluxe edition of the It All Happened in a Honky Tonk album. The new edition will hit stores on January 15, via Warner Music Nashville/ILG. In addition to the existing album, the disc will contain three brand new tracks as well as music videos, Read More